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R3.30 an hour: De Doorns child labour probed

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The Department of Labour is investigating allegations of child labour on a farm in the Hex Valley, outside De Doorns.
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Farm workers union Csaawu should be saved

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Union Csaawu is facing bankruptcy for supporting farm workers dismissed after historic strikes in 2012/ 13. This is why the union must be saved.
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DA, ANC bury pitchforks to fix farm crisis

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A "cautious alliance" has been formed between the Democratic Alliance and the ANC to address the issues underlying agricultural unrest.
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Investigation launched after 24 killed in W Cape bus crash

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An investigation has been launched after 24 people died when a bus veered off Hex River Pass near De Doorns, says the provincial transport minister.
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22 killed in De Doorns bus crash

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Twenty-two people, including two children, have died after a bus veered off the Hex River Pass near De Doorns.
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‘Blacklisted’ farmworker urges politicians to listen

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Despite going from being a scab to striking worker and being recently unemployed, Jaurie Scheepers remains hopeful. "My God will make a plan for me".
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Land audit urgently required

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The facts are few but there have bee logistical and political reasons why the state is dragging its feet.
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Farmworkers’ minimum wage upped to R105 a day

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Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant has announced a new minimum wage for farmworkers of R105.
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Union happy with daily R100 wage for farmworkers – for now

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The Food and Allied Workers Union says it expects the new minimum wage for farmworkers to be R100 a day that can later increase to R150.
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Lamola encourages farmworkers to continue fighting for wage increases

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Farmworkers in the Western Cape should not retreat in their fight for a minimum daily wage of R150, ANCYL deputy president Ronald Lamola has said.
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Farm unions pull together – for now

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We are on the same side, we just manage different views, says Cosatu's Ehrenreich of rival farmworkers' union.
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Cosatu: We are calling the farmworkers’ strike off

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The Western Cape farmworkers' strike has been called off, says the trade union federation's provincial secretary general Tony Ehrenreich.
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The Department of Labour is investigating allegations of child labour on a farm in the Hex Valley, outside De Doorns.

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